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[News] Reasons to Choose GNU/Linux Rather Than Microsoft MEII

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5 simple reasons to choose Linux over Vista

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| Without getting into much details, we shall today try and see 5 major reasons 
| why people who prefer Linux over Windows Vista do so. 
| 
| 1. Hardware Requirements: It’s never too much for Vista!
| 
| [...]
| 
| 2. Rights & Limitations: Unlike Vista, Linux doesn’t restrict how content is 
| used on a system. 
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| [...]
| 
| 3. There is no Linux Genuine Advantage!
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| [...]
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| 4. Security Issues: You can never miss out on this.
| 
| [...]
| 
| 5. You name it, you have it!
| 
| [...]
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http://brajeshwar.com/2008/choose-linux-over-windows-vista/

No! Wha…oooh…wow. Yes!

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| Linux is, in-and-of-itself, its best sales tool, because It creates 
| curiosity. As I use Ubuntu Linux people are curious and they pull information 
| from me. When I show a customer something that I created for them, and I did 
| it on linux, they want to know more.   
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http://www.ubuntuproductivity.com/journal/ubuntu/07/2008/marketing_linux_to_small_business/


Related:

Vista weakness could feed Linux growth

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| "One the reasons people are having issues with Vista now, is that it’s much 
| harder to – for one company - to kind of change the market and when the 
| market has matured," he said. "People today are not probably using the 
| desktop all that differently from what they were five years ago, which didn’t 
| used to be true."    
| 
| At the same time, this could give Linux an opening, because it puts the open 
| source operating system on a more level playing field against Microsoft, 
| Torvalds argued.  
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=11447&pagtype=all


Vista burns laptop hard disks - Failure eight times higher than under XP

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| The hard disk’s temperature can get ten degrees higher than the vendors’ 
| specifications allow. This could cause hard disk failures eight times more 
| frequent than with XP.  
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http://4sysops.com/archives/vista-burns-laptop-hard-disks-failure-eight-times-higher-than-under-xp/
http://tinyurl.com/3ytdtj


DVD Burning Problem in Windows Vista

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| The hardware install went fine. However I soon ran into problems
| with the software install. The drive included OEM versions of Nero
| and Power CD both programs are (or were) it seems incompatible with Vista. 
| This I'm finding is an increasingly common problem and very frustrating. I
| don't know who is to blame for this, Microsoft or the developers, but
| almost all the software I've tried to install had thrown up some
| problems. iTunes is particulalry frustrating but thats another issue.
| 
| [...]
| 
| I then realised that hidden away in the burn DVD dialog box is an
| option to change the default formating of the disk.
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http://cwebster.net/2007/04/08/dvd-burning-problem-in-windows-vista/


Windows Vista: Sold but not deployed

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| Microsoft says it remains happy with enterprise sales of Vista -- however, 
| the software behemoth acknowledges that many businesses which have bought 
| Vista licences are yet to deploy the software.  
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Windows-Vista-Sold-but-not-deployed/0,130061733,339284495,00.htm


Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista

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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to 
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the 
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.  
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| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and 
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based 
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and 
| Lenovo. 
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said. 
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579


Ugly view mars Windows Vista birthday

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| According to latest data from NPD, Microsoft is shipping fewer boxed copies 
| of Windows Vista than it did Windows XP at the same point in the operating 
| systems' lifecycles.  
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/11/30/vista_birthday/


The Vista Death Watch

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| Microsoft has extended the life of Windows XP because Vista has simply not 
| shown any life in the market. We have to begin to ask ourselves if we are 
| really looking at Windows Me/2007, destined to be a disdained flop. By all 
| estimates the number of Vista installations hovers around the number of Macs 
| in use.    
| 
| How did this happen? And what’s going to happen next? Does Microsoft have a 
| Plan B? A number of possibilities come to mind, and these things must be 
| considered by the company itself.   
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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209837,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03079TX1K0000584


Lenovo offers downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP

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| My colleague Stian just sent me this interesting link regarding my 
| experiences with Windows Vista. Since I assume the link will NOT have the 
| visual appearence it has right now for very many more hours (days) I've 
| created a screenshot of how it looked when I went into the site.   
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http://jaxed.org/lenovo-offers-downgrade-from-windows-vista-to-windows-xp.blog


Windows Vista kicked out of Olympics PCs

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| Microsoft's latest version of Windows is too risky to implement for the 
| important computers managing the 2008 Olympic summer games in Beijing, said 
| the event's computer supplier and sponsor Lenovo.  
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/08/08/no.vista.on.olympic.pcs/


DSG continues retailer woes

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| DSG, the company formerly known as Dixons, became the latest British retailer 
| to report a drop in profits for the summer months today. But it wasn’t all 
| down to the rotten weather – this time it was also Microsoft’s fault.  
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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/newsalerts/article/748756/dsg-continues-retailer-woes/


Dell casts doubts on Vista

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| Dell today revealed that it will restore the option to use Windows XP on
| some of its home systems, marking a potentially damaging blow to
| Microsoft's hopes for the newer Windows Vista.
| 
| [...]
| 
| While a popular request through the company's IdeaStorm website, the
| choice was substantially outnumbered by requests for pre-installed
| Linux, US-based technical support, and other features -- pointing to a 
| larger general demand for the change. The turnaround may be a reflection of 
| an overall backlash against Vista, observed IDC analyst Richard Shim.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/04/19/dell.casts.doubts.on.vista/
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